Monthly Archives: October 2012

MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota minced few words in a statement issued this morning, detailing some of the extensive damage caused to New York City subway and commuter rail systems. Among the damage, per Lhota: Seven flooded subway tunnels under the East River, lost power on part of the Hudson and New Haven lines on the […] More »

The Tappan Zee Bridge is back open for traffic. Here is announcement from Gov. Cuomo: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced this morning the reopening of the Tappan Zee Bridge, effective at 9:00 AM. Motorists are reminded to drive carefully. Local roads i… More »

Gov. Andrew Cuomo just announced that MTA bridges around New York City are re-opening but only for emergency vehicles. He is also planning an 11:15 press briefing from his Manhattan offices on Third Avenue. Here are details about the bridges: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that MTA bridges are open to emergency personnel only, […] More »

Nearly 2 million New Yorkers are still without power after Hurricane Sandy ripped through the New York coastline and into parts of upstate. The majority of outages were in New York City and Long Island, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced. The Long Island Power Authority had 924,798 outages at 9 a.m. this morning, and Con […] More »

The Tappan Zee Bridge reopened at 9 a.m. today, but New York City bridges remained closed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced. For the Tappan Zee, “motorists are reminded to drive carefully. Local roads in Westchester and Rockland may be closed due to flooding or blockage from storm debris. With extensive recovery efforts underway, the governor advises […] More »

The Siena Research Institute released results of a poll in the 19th Congressional District this morning that showed Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, leading his Democratic opponent Julian Schreibman 48-43 with a week to go before the general election. This is significantly less than the 16-point lead Gibson enjoyed in Siena’s last survey over a month […] More »

Received just before 7:30 Tuesday morning, here’s the release from the White House on the disaster declaration for New York, which “makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Richmond, Suffolk, and Queens.” A similar declaration was issued for affected counties in New Jersey: The President today […] More »

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo told me during a YNN interview last night, Sandy (weakened to a “post-tropical cyclone” when she made landfall) has so far turned out to be the exact inverse of Irene and Lee, with downstate getting absolutely slammed and much of upstate escaping the worst of the storm’s wrath. Still, the impact… More »

In the inbox this morning, arrived just before 5:30 a.m., was the following announcement from the White House: “The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of New York and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts due to Hurricane Sandy beginning on October 27, 2012, and continuing.” “The… More »

Freshman Republican Rep. Chris Gibson’s lead over Democratic challenger Julian Schreibman has narrowed to 5 percentage points from the 16 point lead he held in September. That’s the findings from a poll of likely voters conducted Saturday and Sunday by Siena College, which also conducted the earlier September survey in New York’s 19th Congressional District […] More »

“We are anticipating that, based on the storm, there could be impacts that would linger into next week and have impacts on the federal election,” FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said during Monday’s conference call with reporters. More »

ICYMI, another of my recent stories from on the campaign trail in Florida: DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Perched on a stylist’s chair at David & Co. Salon, lifelong Democrat and retired New Yorker Suzan Kabelo contemplated something she once considered … More »

Good morning. No exclamation point today as floodwaters recede in New York City and other areas, and officials assess damage. Gov. Andrew Cuomo remains in New York City with no announced public schedule. Other top state officials are at the emergency management bunker in Albany. The announcement of a report by the Business Council has […] More »

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